The Audi PlayStation Team ORECA has signed Formula 1 test driver Franck
Montagny for the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2005 completing the Audi teams
competing in the French longs-distance classic on 18/19 June with three
Audi R8 prototypes. The American Team ADT Champion racing enters two of
the three cars.

The ORECA team, supported by Audi France, presented a pure French team on
Wednesday evening in Paris. "Team, drivers and Michelin tyres originate
from France, and in the Audi R8 we have the best car," explains Team
Director Hugues de Chaunac, whose team won Le Mans once in 1991.

The experienced Jean-Marc Gounon and Stephane Ortelli, who drove for the
Audi works team in 2000, are Montagny's team mates. Gounon knows the R8
having driven one during the Le Mans pre-practice in 2001. Franck
Montagny will get sufficient time before June to familiarise himself with
the most successful Le Mans Prototype of all time. ORECA will use the
1000 kilometre race at Spa-Francorchamps on 17 April as a dress
rehearsal. The race belongs to the Le Mans Endurance Series (LMES).

"The team and drivers bring much Le Mans experience and speed with
them," says Head of Audi Motorsport Dr Wolfgang Ullrich. "All three Audi
R8 prototypes have high-class driver squads, which is of particular
importance this year because of the increase in weight and reduction in
engine power stipulated by the regulations for the R8."